Annex: table and map with main types of PA

Release date	14/05/2007

Overview table with numbers and surface of various types of PA                                                                                                                    

An overall total surface for PA cannot be given as surfaces of PA of several types are overlapping totally or partially.

The total Natura 2000 surface in  terrestrial zone comes to 12,6 % of  surface of Belgium, in marine zone about 12% of the Belgian territorial sea and it’s exclusive economic zone is designated as Natura 2000.

	Brussels-Capital		Flanders		Wallonia		Federal marine		Total
	Number	Area(ha)	Number	Area(ha)	Number	Area(ha)	Number	Area(ha)	Number	Area(ha)
Nature reserves
- public nature reserves	9	89	263	13458[1]	133	6866	1	670	406	21083
- private nature reserves	-	-	641	18506[2]	126	1926	-	-	767	20432
Natura 2000[3]	3	2375	62	163499	240	220944	5	42090	310	428908
Forest reserves	6	1735	43	2273	12	548	-	-	61	4556
Wetlands of biological interst	-	-	-	-	49	1045	-	-	49	1045
Caves	-	-	-	-	63	-	-	-	63	-
Natural parks	-	-	1	5700	9	306971	-	-	10	312167
Ramsar and other wetlands	-	-	4	5572	4	38528	1	1900	9	4600
Dune Protection Act: protected dunes	-	-	±117	1088	-	-	-	-	±117	1088

[1] Of this total area being managed as a reserve, only 5 491 ha have a formal recognition by ministerial decision as nature reserve
[2] Of this total area, only 11277 ha have a formal recognition by ministerial decision as nature reserve
[3]The total surface of the Natura 2000 network in the terrestrial zone reaches 12.6 % of Belgium's territory. In marine waters, about 12% of the Belgian territorial sea and its exclusive economic zone are designated as Natura 2000.

The overview map of main types of PA in Belgium: compiled by Valérie Goethals – INBO (Institute for Nature and Forest Research, Flemish Region)